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Monday, November 26, 2012

DIY Advent Calendar

Boy, am I glad to finish this advent calendar just in time for the Christmas countdown! I fell in love with the bark stars a looong time ago (in February, I think...) and I was dying to use them to welcome the winter charm into my home. The Advent calendar seemed like a good idea: a white, red and natural little project following my traditional Christmas inspiration.

For each day, we've got a bark star or a wooden heart pinned on the wall, in a Christmas tree shaped calendar. I don't have any kids and the size of my elements is quite small, so I started wondering what to prepare for the backside of each one. My first impulse was to go with mint candy, because everybody loves it. But then, I thought why not use the Advent Calendar as a practice tool for my carol singing? I wrote the name of a carol on the back of each calendar day!

In my family there is a huge tradition of singing carols on the Christmas Eve. When I was a child, I would go singing carols with all my cousins and we would have loads of fun. Now, we let other little ones sing the old songs. Then, we have dinner on the Christmas Eve. And then, we do some singing of our own, which can go on for hours. We start with the most notorious carols, but after a while we don't remember all the forgotten words and carols are more... hummed than sang. But not this year, because every day I'm gonna rehearse one carol :)

Do you need a tutorial for this advent calendar? It is so easy to make!

this is such an original idea, meeha! for both the design and the purpose of carols' practise. i love red accent and natural elements.now you know when Sants's comming, be prepared to sing something ;)

oh my gosh, i love this! making an advent calendar is on my list to do this week. i adore yours! i love the song idea, that is just a wonderful tradition really. i think i may use that part. i am sure my kids would love to sing a carol each morning xo

What a clever idea, and thanks for the memories of all the kids in my neighborhood getting together and wandering from house to house caroling, then doing as you did with the cousins on Christmas Eve. Ahhhh, the good ol' days. I love birch trees, so I'll have to keep this in mind for other ideas. [#TALU]

I bought the felt reindeer already made, last year. This year I bought big sheets of colorful felt and I want to make some Christmas shapes of my own - like you did with the Ikea bake forms, I liked the clever idea very much!

What a great idea for those of us with no children and even those with children! This could be our family's new Christmas tradition. I love the idea. Thanks for sharing. I found you at Sumo's Sweet stuff. The French Hen's are your newest members. We would love it if you would visit us soon and consider joining us. Have a beautiful day.